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A divorcee with two sons has an affair with a young sailor passing through her Texas town in 1944.A divorcee with two sons has an affair with a young sailor passing through her Texas town in 1944.A divorcee with two sons has an affair with a young sailor passing through her Texas town in 1944.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
James Binzer
- Sailor
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- William D. Wittliff
- Sara Clark(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaDebut theatrical feature film of actor Henry Thomas whose next theatrical film would be E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) which was also for the Universal Pictures studio, as would be Cloak & Dagger (1984).
- GoofsThe movie is set in 1944, in the part they show North Beach the Harbor Bridge is shown but it wasn't built till 1956
- ConnectionsFeatured in E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 20th Anniversary Special (2002)
- SoundtracksRum and Coca Cola
Written by The Lord Invador (uncredited) and Lionel Belasco (uncredited), often incorrectly attributed to Morey Amsterdam, Paul Baron and Jeri Sullavan
Performed by The Andrews Sisters
Courtesy of MCA Records
Featured review
"Drinkin' rum and Coca-Cola..."
Sissy Spacek, in her first movie after her triumphant, Oscar-winning turn as Loretta Lynn in "Coal Miner's Daughter", excels once again as a single mother with two small boys working out of her home as a telephone operator in WWII America. Eric Roberts (in surely his best performance ever) is gentle and appealing as a sailor who takes a shine to Spacek and her kids, which causes gossipy tongues to wag back in town; Sam Shepherd is the mysterious title character who lives across the street and harbors a dark secret. Fine-looking movie has a strong sense of time and place, a fairly solid script and terrific players, but the tone of the film shifts in the melodramatic final act and the narrative gets all fouled up. This portion of the picture almost feels tacked-on, and as a result the conclusion is somewhat limp. Still a pretty good entertainment, and Spacek never hits a false note. *** from ****
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Box office
- Budget
- $9,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,976,198
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $287,081
- Sep 20, 1981
- Gross worldwide
- $1,976,198
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